In earlier books, we were around the same age and a lot of the familial pressures she shared were similar to ones I’d felt. Matthew always felt like a combination of all my horrible ex-boyfriends and her exasperation when dealing with him felt very real to me. I haven’t shared many experiences with the characters in this book, but I always seem to feel for Robin. I was laughing through most of her interview. Rowling/Galbraith has a way of describing people that are so real it’s almost hard to read about them. Well, we find out why but I won’t dive into that. I didn’t think she was purposefully malicious, but she struck me as untrustworthy more than once. I could picture someone just like her (and she reminded me of someone in my family at times). Irene was one of my favorite side characters because she was so well drawn. The cast of side characters are equally enjoyable and distinct in their own right. Robin has always felt very relatable and I often think “Yep, that’s what I would do” while we’re in her head. I can see them being people I’d run into on the street. One of my favorite things about this series is how real Robin and Strike feel to me. However, I know I’m speaking from the position of a cisgender woman and those with a different background might see it differently. I don’t feel there was a purposeful attempt to shame or slander the transgender community with the inclusion of this character and backstory. It had minor impacts on the plot or even that character. I barley noticed the few times this was referenced. This was a very minor part of the killer’s backstory and he himself is not transgendered. I do want to share my opinion on the portrayal in this book only. I can understand why this is upsetting to some readers. This character himself is not transgender. From what I read online, those who were upset were upset because of a character who is a serial killer and would dress in woman’s clothing to lure his victims into his van or home. I wanted to address the anti-trans opinions in this book. Though I had a narrator’s voice in my head the whole time. I thought I might not enjoy this as much as an ebook as I did an audiobook, but I might have enjoyed it more. The character building was great, the pacing was amazing, and the mystery was complex and enjoyable. I can’t remember the last time I read a book this long this quickly. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly… And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike.Īs Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer, and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one 40 years old. Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough – who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Harry Potter y las reliquias de muerte by J.K. Harry Potter y el misterio del principe by J.K. Harry Potter y el orden del fenix by J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowlingįantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorneįantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I and II by J.K. Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)Ĭareer of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. The Cuckoo’s Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Other books by Rowling reviewed on this blog: Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5) by Robert Galbraith (J.K.
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